Garfield v. Eckhaus

In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by judgment dated January 13, 1999, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Deutsch, J.H.O.), dated May 7, 2002, which, after a hearing, denied that branch of his motion which was, in effect, for a downward modification of his maintenance obligation.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

*309The defendant sought to modify the maintenance provisions of a judgment of divorce in which the terms of a stipulation of settlement had been incorporated but not merged. The Judicial Hearing Officer properly…